A post on the Star Wars: The Old Republic site announces that the game is now available to pre-order. There are three versions. The standard edition will be available in retail stores. The Digital Deluxe edition will only be available to buy through EA's Origin download store, and the Collector's Edition will only be available as a physical purchase, because it comes with an enormous statue of "Gentle Giant" Darth Malgus.

Any one of these editions can be pre-ordered for early access and a colour stone that will let you change the colour of your lightsaber or blaster shots, hopefully offering one lucky player the opportunity to become the first Jedi with a beige lightsaber. Read on for a summary of the bonuses that come with each version of the game and find out what's inside the £130 Collector's Edition boxed set.

Digital Deluxe Edition

Standard edition

Cost: £45

Pre-order bonuses

30 days of game time

Colour stone

For more on The Old Republic, check out our account of seventeen hours spent flying around in a jetpack as a bounty hunter , and seventeen hours spent assassinating foes as an Imperial Agent . There's still no release date for The Old Republic, but with pre-orders already on sale, one can't be far away.